Recent content by Mr. Brooks

The Swedish commentators offered an explanation. 'Bolshunov was playing dirty trying to break Klæbo's poles!' Personally I don't think so, but if you do, his tactics may make more sense to you?

When the officers from the Russian Anti-Doping Agency turned up at the Izhevsk Rifle tournament last month, 33 Russian bitahletes immediately withdrew from the competition. 12 girls from the junior women's sprint and 21 boys from the junior men's sprint. Did anyone actually believe that they'd...

Wheelsucking? Sagan responded to every attack and made sure he stayed at the front.

Re: Re: Apparently nope. Nystad seems to deny it, anyway: http://www.nrk.no/sport/sier-nei-til-legkov-1.12898587

Ole Einar just finished his press conference. Two bits of news. - Two more seasons. He wants another shot at the Olympics. - He and Darja Domratsjeva are expecting a child. The guy has 8 Olympic golds. 56 Olympic and World Championship medals. 94 biathlon World Cup victories and one XC. In...

I think it’s a question of learning from the best. In Gunde Svan’s heydays, I remember the media being full of stories of how picky he was regarding food and how many kilos of food he brought to competitions outside of Sweden. Judging from his merits, it’s hard to say he was wrong...

Re: Re: Like for instance that her race today was one of the best in her entire career. Worth mentioning. That's true. I really do enjoy SVT's Vinterstudio as well though. I find their pre and après race comments and analysis really good, particularly with Johanna Ojala in the studio. SVT...

Nordthug on the Russians' dominance: "They are destroying the sport."

Predictable or not, I was really, really happy to see a 50K mass start where the race was on from the word go. Anything else pales compared to that, IMO.

What impressed me most, was Andrew Musgrave's race and fighting spirit. I would have loved to see him walk away with the King's Cup today, unfortunately he ran out of petrol on the last fifty meters.

Re: I would have hoped so, as I wasn’t particularly impressed by the 2013-incident (Flugstad Østberg deliberately stopping before the finish line to let Størmer Steira pass). However, coach Nystad explains that they did try to communicate to the team what was going on but didn’t get through...

Oh, both Stina and Ingvild shouted. Poor sportsmanship is not an issue here - as the scenes in the finish area also prove.

- or more currently; Simon Fourcade today!

Anyone else who remember van der Duim?

Make that 3 seconds. Or 2,86 if you're pedantic. Fastest racer (MB): 29:27:6 Second fastest racer (TJ): 29:56:2